geared

verb

past tense of gear
as in tailored

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  1. tailored
  2. adapted
  3. suited
  4. adjusted
  5. customized
  6. matched
  7. shaped
  8. patterned
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  • This event is tailored to help readers understand the many races, propositions and more on the ballot for the 2026 California midterm election.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • One Media Capital Fund was created to bridge this gap, by providing indie companies with financing tools tailored to the needs of the production sector and complementary to the country’s traditional bank credit options.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of tailored
Verb
  • That framework could be prioritized and adapted for emerging drugs rather than forcing each new threat through the ordinary timeline.
    — Dr. Shravani Durbhakula, Time, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Investigations will cover regions around the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and southern Lingnan, helping researchers understand how different ancestral groups developed and adapted.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of adapted
Verb
  • No one device has to do everything; each plays the role it is best suited for, coordinated by a personal AI agent that understands the user’s context and acts only at the user’s direction.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Pentagon's inspector general has declined to investigate disruptions of Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine, writing in a letter to lawmakers who had requested a probe that his office is not best suited to deliver answers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of suited
Verb
  • In 2001, mortality rates adjusted for age were just 2% higher in counties where the plurality voted for a Republican presidential candidate versus a Democratic candidate.
    — Brandon Yan, STAT, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Many of them spent part of college or high school using such a cap and have adjusted to its look, which is much more prominent than a regular helmet.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of adjusted
Verb
  • Dating to the 1930s and extensively customized while Simmons lived there, the house sits behind privacy walls on just over a half-acre.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026
  • As an example, imagine every employee building their own reporting system, with their own data sets and their own data definitions and their own KPIs, customized to their siloed wants and biased for their own individual purposes.
    — Rex Lee, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of customized
Verb
  • La Raja suggested fund matching, where local donations would be matched with public funds, using New York City as a model.
    — Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Wembanayama finished 14 for 21 from the field, and matched a career high with nine dunks.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of matched
Verb
  • Nominations in each category are shaped by triple j staff, while the final judging panel of each award consists of the music and on-air teams at triple j, Unearthed, Double J and rage.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The country remains shaped by its historic slave uprising against French colonizers, becoming the world’s first free Black republic in 1804.
    — Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of shaped
Verb
  • The Chapter 02 lineup includes wrap coats in twin layers of double-faced wool; reversible jackets with one side plain, the other patterned, and crinkled unisex trenchcoats that pack up neatly into a travel pouch, printed with a bicycle pattern drawn from Veldkamp’s art, among other key items.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of patterned
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“Geared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geared. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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